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South America questions

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South America quiz
Which major South American city remained completely isolated by road for most of its history until the construction of a bridge in the mid-20th century?
Cali
55
Manaus
68
Curitiba
78
Maracaibo
111
Until the construction of the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge in the 1950's and 60's, Maracaibo's only connection to the rest of the country was by boat across Lake Maracaibo
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Cities questions
What is the second-largest city in Peru after Lima?
Cuzco
292
Arequipa
211
Callao
73
Iquitos
99
Lima is the largest city and capital of Peru. Arequipa, located in the south, is the second largest city in Peru. It is famous for having many volcanoes and having the Colca Canyons. Cuzco is the 7th largest city in Peru, Iquitos is 6th, and Callao is not in the top ten largest cities.
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Peru questions
What is the largest wild cat of the Americas?
cougar
1624
bobcat
340
jaguar
1837
leopard
500
The jaguar is the largest native cat species of the New World and the third largest in the world, after tiger and lion.
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Zoogeography questions
Which country is home to the source of the Amazon River?
Colombia
395
Brazil
586
Peru
1599
Ecuador
462
The source of the Amazon River has been attributed to the headwaters of three different Peruvian rivers in the high Andes: the Marañón, the Apurímac, and the Mantaro.
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Geography questions
Which country is named after an historical figure?
Australia
159
Zambia
236
Namibia
310
Bolivia
1848
Bolivia is named after Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan leader in the Spanish American wars of independence.
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Etymology questions
Who was the first known European to battle the Incas?
Aleixo Garcia
139
Francisco Pizarro
338
Fransciso de Orellana
79
Diego de Almagro
68
Aleixo Garcia was the first European to cross the Chaco and even managed to penetrate the outer defenses of the Inca Empire on the hills of the Andes, in present-day Bolivia. He was the first European to do so, accomplishing this eight years before Francisco Pizarro.
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History questions
Where did Che Guevara die?
Cuba
765
Bolivia
1445
Argentina
585
Mexico
326
Che was shot and killed at La Higuera, Vallegrande, Bolivia, in 1967.
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Bolivia questions
Which man was once President of Peru?
Christian Meier
35
Gaston Acurio
103
Alberto Fujimori
633
Juan Diego Flórez
153
Alberto Fujimori is a Peruvian former politician who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 22 November 2000.
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Biography questions
These are the ruins of the most ancient city of the Americas. Where is it?
Caral, Peru
323
Giza, Egypt
45
Ephesus, Turkey
147
Ur, iraq
202
Caral, or Caral-Chupacigarro, was a large settlement in the Supe Valley, near Supe, Barranca Province, Peru. Caral is the most ancient city of the Americas ( inhabited roughly between 26th and 20th centuries BCE) and a well-studied site of the Norte Chico civilization.
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Archaeology questions
Where is Huascarán mountain?
Ecuador
454
Peru
791
Bolivia
578
Chile
439
Huascarán is a mountain in the Peruvian province of Yungay situated in the Cordillera Blanca range of the western Andes. The highest southern summit of Huascarán is the highest point in Peru.
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